The Israeli military is preparing for the resumption of its full-scale bombing campaign in Gaza, Middle East Eye reported on Monday, citing Israel’s Army Radio.
The Israeli military has constantly violated the US-backed ceasefire deal that was signed in early October 2025, with daily attacks across Gaza, killing at least 832 Palestinians, according to the latest numbers from Gaza’s Health Ministry.
The reporting from Israeli media suggests Israel is preparing a major escalation, back to the levels of the height of the genocidal war, when dozens or hundreds of Palestinians were being killed every day.
According to the Army Radio report, senior Israeli military officials are pushing for the “resumption of fighting,” saying that the “best time to defeat Hamas is now.”
The report cited Hamas’s refusal to disarm as the reason to restart the full-scale bombing campaign, as Hamas has insisted it will not discuss the issue until the first phase of the ceasefire is actually implemented.
Middle East Eye reported a day earlier that the US and Israel had rejected a proposal from Hamas and other Palestinian factions to link disarmament to a path toward a Palestinian state and security guarantees.
The Army Radio report acknowledged that Israel recently escalated its airstrikes in Gaza and pushed the “yellow line” further west, giving the IDF control of nearly 60% of Gaza, two clear violations of the ceasefire deal. At the start of the truce, Israeli troops occupied about 53% of Gaza.
